In her enchanting collection of poems Cynthia Buiza traces the shape of memories the noise they make with a delicate uncompromising touch. Her calm melodious lines push open the doors we tell ourselves we cannot open doors to rooms that hold what we believe we cannot face mother lover loss. Distilled from years of longing and griefwork of solitary walks and communal rituals Buizas wisdom is sweet wine for bitter times.Boris Dralyuk poet translator and EditorinChief of Los Angeles Review of BooksCynthia Buizas poetry continues to witness unceasingly inviting us to join her in what I call as the last vigil to a passing world where despite the odds and doubts she continues to recollect the tracks and thoughts of our fugitive fragile lives now enshrined in a foreign tongue she has recoiled and reconciled as her own domicile a second skin.Kristian Sendon Cordero poet and translatorWhat does poetry look like from the notebooks of a life thoughtfully walked These pages reflect the maturity of consequence filled by a migrant advocate world citizen and a spirit who has held poetry long enough to understand its torrents.ampampnbspPoetry for those who stroll outside its white walls is a miracle at dawn.